Rarely seen artefacts collected during the voyages of Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook's three 18th-century voyages to the Pacific changed the world. Cook's Pacific Encounters showcases an extraordinary selection of Pacific islands artefacts which were taken back to England from these voyages.

The exhibition contains over 350 Pacific artefacts from the Cook-Forster collection of the University of Göttingen's as well as historical objects and artworks relating to James Cook.

The artefacts come from communities across the Pacific - from New Zealand, Tonga, Tahiti, the Marquesas Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hawai'i, Tierra del Fuego and the northern Pacific. They remain precious to Pacific peoples, with strong spiritual and cultural meaning for the communities from which they came.

> See gallery slideshow - Cook's Pacific Encounters

This exhibition was organised by the Honolulu Academy of Arts in association with the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Göttingen, and Art Exhibitions Australia.

Only chance to see this exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere!

1 July to 10 September 2006
National Museum of Australia, Canberra

Admission fees apply: Adult $10; Concession $8; Child $4; Family $22

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